You know it's time to check the temperature in Hades when... a FOX Channel host accuses (former) President B*sh and (former) Vice President Cheney of prosecutable crimes, calling for their indictment.
Pack those thermal underwear. And some ice skates.
More: this wayward FOX Channel host even gives a shout-out to Vincent Bugliosi for his book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.
Wow. That one's on my B*sh-Sucks Bookshelf, between my copies of Bush on the Couch and Fortunate Son. Actually, the books on my B*sh-Sucks Bookshelf belong to my Worst-President-in-History Collection... part of my America's-Disgrace Library.
Oh, I kid my Republican friends.
Not really.
You'll see in the video clip, Fox News Host Judge Andrew Napolitano discussing his book, Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History on C-SPAN2 when the host, Ralph Nadar, asks him about the suspension of habeas corpus during the B*sh administration.
The Huffington Post notes his response:
"What President Bush did with the suspension of habeas corpus, with the whole concept of Guantánamo Bay, with the whole idea that he could avoid and evade federal laws, treaties, federal judges and the constitution was blatantly unconstitutional — and in some cases criminal," Napolitano said. "They should have been indicted. They absolutely should have been indicted. For torturing, for spying, for arresting without warrants. I'd like to say they should be indicted for lying but believe it or not, unless you're under oath, lying is not a crime."
Napolitano added that "the evidence...is overwhelming...that George W. Bush as President and Dick Cheney as Vice President participated in criminal conspiracies to violate the federal law and the guaranteed civil liberties of hundreds, maybe thousands, of human beings."
Well. So there it is.And Attorney General Eric Holder took a pass.
Let's go shopping.
Is Eric Holder in jail yet or do we have to close Guantanmo first?
ReplyDeleteNever mind.
Judge Napolitano is a libertarian and at one time was the youngest NJ Supreme Court Justice. He has criticized Clinton, Bush and Obama. Thinks that any government intervention is wrong.As he said once when our rights are taken away we never get them back. I replied to Jon Gibson several years ago and he posted my comment on his show. Lincoln suspended Habeus Corpus during the Civil War and somehow we got it back. FDR and Wilson (did you know he was a raving racist GA?)censored mail during WWI and II.The Constitution specifically calls for Habeus to be suspended in times of war and rebellion for example. We are at war with Al Qaeda (what would you call bombing the Pentagon our country's military headquarters?) and were during the Civil War, Judge Napolitano conveniently forgets that.I urge you all readers to read Article 1 Section 9 of the US Constitution.
ReplyDeleteArticle 1, Sec. 9 specifically says times of rebellion or invasion, (not just war). Al Qaeda are not invading the U.S. When you urge people to read Article 1, Sec. 9, you might wanan try it first yourself.
ReplyDeleteJust sayin.
What would you call 9/11? I see a group of foreigners allied with an enemy of the United States who entered this country for the purpose of terrorism on vital US targets. This foreign group would be no different than the Nazi saboteurs who came ashore on Long Island in WWII. They were captured and sent directed into military custody and given a military trial. Those who cooperated were spared, the others executed.President Bush took that Supreme Court upheld decision and replicated it with greater protections and was vilified. Al-Qaeda also attacked our embassy's in Africa. Embassy's are considered sovereign territory. Both 9/11 and Africa involved foreigners invading our territory and attacking us. So are military ships like the USS Cole. Similar rational was employed by Lincoln during the Civil War (rebellion) and that's why that was also constitutional.
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